Friday, February 8, 2013

Are we ready to drive in a car which contains a bomb?

How many of
us would not be tempted when someone offers us a Mercedes Benz car as a gift?
We will be floored by the honour. However there is a small catch. The car
contains a bomb which can explode any time. How many of us will be delighted to
be the proud owner of such a car now? We would think that no sane men will ever
think to own such a car. But is it so? We daily ride in a vehicle which has the
same destination as that of the car with a bomb. And the vehicle is our ‘body’.
Death can come at any moment and at any time. But we hardly bother about it.

The
manufacturer of this body has already warned us that the physical bodies which
we are occupying constantly changes. Material body passes through six stages –
they are born, they grow, they remain for some duration, they produce some by
–products, they dwindle, and they vanish (Bhagavad – Gita 8.4 purport). So why
to be enamoured by this decaying body? Why to waste our time decorating and
delighting in it. The temporary body which we possess should only be used as a
tool to reach the final destination.

While
travelling on a train our focus is to reach our destination, we do not get so
overwhelmed by the pains and pleasure because we realize that the travelling
period is temporary. Similarly we should not be obsessed with our bodily
demands; instead we should constantly contemplate on the fact that this body is
perishable and this life is temporary. So, our focus should be on our final
destination which is the spiritual world. Krishna assures us (Bhagavad – Gita
8.15) that those who attain the supreme abode never again return back to this
miserable material world. So why not utilize every moment of our life to attain
eligibility to migrate to the spiritual abode.